Updated Fighter Rankings (5/30/13)

TJ Grant flew up the rankings by finishing Gray Maynard.

I must confess, there is something fun and exciting about ranking people.  When you judge a performance and decide if it helps, hurts, or does nothing for someone it is enjoyable to have that power.  Oh and dropping out of fights drops you spots, and scheduling a fight can raise you a spot.  I have no mercy!  Once again, here is my own rankings independent of the UFC rankings or any other sources.  My take on the MMA world for you to take or leave:

Events since last rankings:

Belfort vs Rockhold

UFC 160

Pound for Pound:

1. Anderson Silva (1)
2. Jose Aldo (2)
3. Jon Jones (3)
4. Georges St. Pierre (4)
5. Dominick Cruz (5)
6. Cain Velasquez (7)
7. Renan Barao (6)
8. Demetrious Johnson (8)
9. Ronda Rousey (9)
10. Benson Henderson (10)

Heavyweight:

1. Cain Velasquez (1)
2. Junior Dos Santos (2)
3. Daniel Cormier (3)
4. Fabricio Werdum (4)
5. Travis Browne (6)
6. Roy Nelson (8)
7. Mark Hunt (7)
8. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (9)
9. Frank Mir (10)
10. Antonio Silva (5)

Light Heavywight:

1. Jon Jones (1)
2. Lyoto Machida (2)
3. Alexander Gustafsson (3)
4. Glover Teixeira (4)
5. Phil Davis (5)
6. Dan Henderson (6)
7. Rashad Evans (7)
8. Shogun Rua (8)
9. Gegard Mousasi (9)
10. Ryan Bader (10)

Middleweight:

1. Anderson Silva (1)
2. Vitor Belfort (3)
3. Chris Weidman (2)
4. Yushin Okami (4)
5. Ronaldo Souza (7)
6. Michael Bisping (6)
7. Costa Philippou (8)
8. Tim Boetsch (9)
9. Luke Rockhold (5)
10. Mark Munoz (10)

Welterwight:

1. Georges St. Pierre (1)
2. Johny Hendricks (2)
3. Jake Ellenberger (3)
4. Rory Macdonald (4)
5. Demian Maia (5)
6. Carlos Condit (6)
7. Dong Hyun Kim (7)
8. Matt Brown (8)
9. Tyron Woodley (9)
10. Martin Kampmann (10)

Lightweight:

1. Benson Henderson (1)
2. TJ Grant (9)
3. Gilbert Melendez (2)
4. Anthony Pettis (3)
5. Josh Thompson (5)
6. Michael Chandler (6)
7. Pat Healy (7)
8. Gray Maynard (4)
9. Khabib Nurmagomedov (NR)
10. Donald Cerrone (NR)

Dropping out: Eddie Alvarez (8), Jim Miller (10)

Featherweight:

1. Jose Aldo (1)
2. Chad Mendes (2)
3. Ricardo Lamas (3)
4. Cub Swanson (4)
5. Chan Sung Jung (5)
6. Pat Curran (6)
7. Frankie Edgar (7)
8. Erik Koch (8)
9. Dustin Poirier (9)
10. Conor McGregor (10)

Bantamweight:

1. Dominick Cruz (1)
2. Renan Barao (2)
3. Urijah Faber (3)
4. Eddie Wineland (4)
5. Brad Pickett (5)
6. Michael McDonald (6)
7. T.J. Dillashaw (7)
8. Rafael Assuncao (8)
9. Scott Jorgensen (9)
10. George Roop (NR)

Dropping out: Mike Easton (10)

Flyweight:

1. Demetrious Johnson (1)
2. Joe Benavidez (2)
3. John Dodson (3)
4. John Moraga (4)
5. Jussier Formiga (6)
6. Darrel Montague (5)
7. Ian McCall (7)
8. Louis Gaudinot (9)
9. John Lineker (NR)
10. Darren Uyenoyama (10)

Dropping out: Chris Cariaso (8)

Women's Pound for Pound:

1. Ronda Rousey (1)
2. Cristiane Santos (2)
3. Sara McMann (4)
4. Cat Zingano (3)
5. Jessica Aguilar (5)
6. Miesha Tate (7)
7. Sarah Kaufman (6)
8. Alexis Davis (8)
9. Marloes Coenen(9)
10. Liz Carmouche (10)

As if one picture wasn't funny enough.